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Highly Cited Researchers 161 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,292
7,568
0.735
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Derecho Público (Constitucional y Penal
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,049
4,721
0.362
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
climate change
warming
antarctic and mountain plants
cryptogams
extreme environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,442
1,613
0.661
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ecología acuática
crustáceos / Aquatic Ecology
crustacean
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,941
1,591
0.541
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Aquacultur
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,184
1,609
0.737
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Reproducción de pece
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,472
1,536
0.621
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
geografía física
planificación territorial
educación geográfic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,588
1,438
0.556
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Educación
interculturalidad
saberes indígenas
investigación en educació
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,273
1,460
0.642
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Obesidad
variables Psicosociales
funciones cognitiva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,839
1,418
0.771
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Plant Molecular Physiolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,034
1,343
0.660
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Neuromecánica
Educación del Movimient
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,906
1,356
0.711
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Teoría Fundamentada
Socio-fenomenología
Metodología Cualitativa
Profesores principiantes
vida cotidian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,773
1,208
0.681
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Historia de la Educación
Fenomenología
Investigación Cualitativa
Historia indígena
Educació
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,431
1,031
0.720
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
General Relativity
Spacetime symmetries
Black hole physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,099
913
0.435
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Educación
Interculturalidad
Conocimiento Indígen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
950
894
0.941
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sociology of Work and Occupations
Precarious Work
Labor Precarity
Extractivis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,071
782
0.730
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
epigenetics
oncolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,279
771
0.603
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Soil
Compost
Agroecosystem Sustainability
Mycorrhiza
Biocha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,216
727
0.598
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
biophysics
biomaterials
nanomaterials
materials scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
969
722
0.745
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ecología de comunidades
conservación biológica
plantas trepadoras
epifitas vasculares
problemas socio-territoriale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
930
600
0.645
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Historia de la traducción y la interpretación
mediación lingüística
Nueva España
Chile
Araucaní
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,098
540
0.492
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
salu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,179
457
0.388
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Fisiología vegetal
Agroecología
Ecofisiologí
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472
428
0.907
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Neuroeducación
Neurodidáctica
Formación de docentes
Altas capacidades
Educación Parvulari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
589
421
0.715
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
educación
educación intercultural
currículum
diversida
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
532
406
0.763
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,348
75
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Patricio Antonio Quezada Carrasco
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,292
7,568
0.735
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,522
166
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Alberto Rosario Matos
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,049
4,721
0.362
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,093
776
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Angélica Casanova-Katny
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,442
1,613
0.661
climate change
warming
antarctic and mountain plants
cryptogams
extreme environment
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
321,028
799
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Patricio De Los Rios Escalante|Patricio De los Ríos, Patricio R. De los Rios-Escalante
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,941
1,591
0.541
Ecología acuática
crustáceos / Aquatic Ecology
crustacean
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,844
781
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Elias Gustavo Figueroa Villalobos
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,184
1,609
0.737
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
331,401
837
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Iván Valdebenito
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,472
1,536
0.621
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351,066
916
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Fernando A Peña Cortés
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,588
1,438
0.556
geografía física
planificación territorial
educación geográfic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,573
895
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Segundo Quintriqueo Millan
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,273
1,460
0.642
Educación
interculturalidad
saberes indígenas
investigación en educació
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
355,345
931
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Felipe Caamaño
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,839
1,418
0.771
Obesidad
variables Psicosociales
funciones cognitiva
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
372,296
1,007
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Claudio Inostroza-Blancheteau
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,034
1,343
0.660
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
369,275
996
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alexis Caniuqueo-Vargas
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,906
1,356
0.711
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
406,504
1,138
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Daniel San Martín Cantero
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,773
1,208
0.681
Teoría Fundamentada
Socio-fenomenología
Metodología Cualitativa
Profesores principiantes
vida cotidian
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
459,677
1,361
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Juan Guillermo Mansilla Sepúlveda
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,431
1,031
0.720
Historia de la Educación
Fenomenología
Investigación Cualitativa
Historia indígena
Educació
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,910
1,560
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
David Tempo
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,099
913
0.435
General Relativity
Spacetime symmetries
Black hole physic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
509,622
1,592
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Katerin Arias Ortega
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
950
894
0.941
Educación
Interculturalidad
Conocimiento Indígen
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
557,978
1,812
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dasten Julián Vejar
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,071
782
0.730
Sociology of Work and Occupations
Precarious Work
Labor Precarity
Extractivis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
563,077
1,834
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pablo Letelier
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,279
771
0.603
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
584,550
1,934
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Gustavo Curaqueo Fuentes
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,216
727
0.598
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
587,265
1,945
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jacobo Hernandez Montelongo
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
969
722
0.745
biophysics
biomaterials
nanomaterials
materials scienc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
656,551
2,236
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jimmy Pincheira Ulbrich
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
930
600
0.645
Ecología de comunidades
conservación biológica
plantas trepadoras
epifitas vasculares
problemas socio-territoriale
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
697,647
2,412
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Gertrudis Payas
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,098
540
0.492
Historia de la traducción y la interpretación
mediación lingüística
Nueva España
Chile
Araucaní
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
766,680
2,674
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Conie Francisca Villalobos Campos
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,179
457
0.388
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
795,525
2,805
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ricardo Tighe-Neira
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472
428
0.907
Fisiología vegetal
Agroecología
Ecofisiologí
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
802,456
2,837
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
CALZADILLA PEREZ OSCAR OVIDIO
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
589
421
0.715
Neuroeducación
Neurodidáctica
Formación de docentes
Altas capacidades
Educación Parvulari
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
817,996
2,895
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Gerardo Muñoz
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
532
406
0.763
educación
educación intercultural
currículum
diversida